Paradise Jam

[cincrulz11]

Except he put those “players” in that position. Which was mostly McNeal, not sure why you’re trying to make it sound like a collective

cause nobody went 2-2. harvey 1-2, scott 1-2.


ive also said multiple times theres no excuse to continue to inbound the ball to mcneal. thats directly on brannens head.

 

[cincrulz11]

This is a terrible take, and just trying to excuse Brannens obvious mistakes.

yes but the mistake was continuing to inbound the ball to mcneal. you've got to get the ball to jaevin. i couldn't watch but im assuming they just kept quickly giving it to mcneal. gotta run inbounds plays to get it to jaevin. if bg stopped that then i dont know whats next. but you gotta try.

 

[cincyguy13]

This is a terrible take, and just trying to excuse Brannens obvious mistakes. Just suck it up and admit Cronin doesn’t lose this game

Cronin did just lose to Hofstra by 10, at home. People forget that. I know UCLA isn’t great but I’m fairly certain they having better players than Hofstra. Cronin also lost to ECU last year. People also forget that. The year before last, he had the worst lost any of us had ever seen. No one forgot that.

 

[cincrulz11]

Just suck it up and admit Cronin doesn’t lose this game

i mean cronin lost one in much worse fashion than this. his loss was 99.9% win probability with 11 minutes left.



so we can chill on that statement.

 

[Jon Rycek]

They fired a guy after make 2 final 4s mick was there 6th choice, he’s already lost too Hofstra, we are going to have a new AD it’s going to be inevitable

Five years, Mick wins a NC there

 

[Jon Rycek]

i mean cronin lost one in much worse fashion than this. his loss was 99.9% win probability with 11 minutes left.



so we can chill on that statement.

But Cronin didn’t lose that, no matter what the Cronin haters have made up in their heads. He had the best players in the court and they chocked. You can’t make guys make shots

 

[mdchick]

Five years, Mick wins a NC there

Deal, let’s make a bet

 

[cincrulz11]

But Cronin didn’t lose that, no matter what the Cronin haters have made up in their heads. He had the best players in the court and they chocked. You can’t make guys make shots

thats some fine mental gymnastic hoops you're jumping through there when a team only had to go 6-12 from the ft line in the last 3 minutes to win tonight.

 

[justinhub2003]

If we miss the tourney 2 years in a row, do you think we move on from Brannen ?

I kinda hope who ever the AD is... has that mindset. We should expect to win.

 

[cincyguy13]

If we miss the tourney 2 years in a row, do you think we move on from Brannen ?

I kinda hope who ever the AD is... has that mindset. We should expect to win.

I doubt it. Unless it stays this bad. Which I doubt it will. Probably at least 3 years. Ideally you would like the guy to be able to recruit his own players.

 

[justinhub2003]

I doubt it. Unless it stays this bad. Which I doubt it will. Probably at least 3 years. Ideally you would like the guy to be able to recruit his own players.

Lol Nick van exel should go coach that Paul mcmillian kid in high school and then right before he picks a school, we fire Brannen and hire NVE and land a top 40 kid.

Worked for Memphis

 

[cincrulz11]

I doubt it. Unless it stays this bad. Which I doubt it will. Probably at least 3 years. Ideally you would like the guy to be able to recruit his own players.

next year was looking like trouble before mick left. mick hadn't really been recruiting the past couple years.

Diarra
Hardnett
williams
lojo
curtis


bench would be w/e players he brought in for the 2020 class plus moore. am i missing anybody? and lojo prob wouldn't be here based on his reasons for leaving.


Vogt
Davenport
williams
harvey
Maw


Diarra Saunders Madsen2x Moore



2nd group definitely better than the 1st.

 

[cincrulz11]

Lol Nick van exel should go coach that Paul mcmillian kid in high school and then right before he picks a school, we fire Brannen and hire NVE and land a top 40 kid.

Worked for Memphis

NVE gotta work in a payment to his family for some reason

 

[Bearcats92]

Five years, Mick wins a NC there

Ok this is now the funniest post I have seen

 

[cincyguy13]

Five years, Mick wins a NC there

Far more likely he doesn’t make it 5 years. Ben Howland went to 3 final fours and got ran out of town. Micks made 1 sweet 16 in 15 years. People forget that.

 

[cincyguy13]

If Jarron is hurt, sit him. Get him healthy.

Also the aac looks bad.

 

[cincrulz11]

If Jarron is hurt, sit him. Get him healthy.

Also the aac looks bad.

not sure there is going to be a healthy for him. if the foot is still causing him problems its probably not going away.



And when you look at his numbers he's just not the same guy with that foot. under 40% from the field, 59% from ft line, assist rate lower than sorolla, jaevin, scott, keith, harvey, moore.



that injury put him way behind, i think we can all agree he doesn't have his legs at this point. if the injury is still hampering him, which it did last night, im not sure when he gets his legs back.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

If Jarron is hurt, sit him. Get him healthy.

Also the aac looks bad.

Not sure we can afford too

 

[justinhub2003]

Not sure we can afford too

We can’t.

Valpo has a top 75 win against Toledo. Which is better then any thing we’ve done all year. They sit right around where Illinois state did in kenpom.

We’ve fell all the way to 41 in kenpom.


There is not a single game on this schedule that I feel good about. When you lose to bowling green without there best player in the 2nd half, it’s not exactly a confidence booster.


The last time mick had an offense that was this bad, it was his first 2 seasons and we are only marginally better then that.

I’m also grossed out watching Brannen’s offense. It seemingly doesn’t work on this level. Literally pass after pass around the perimeter that you hope leads to something. It’s a mid major offense. It doesn’t create open looks. It doesn’t do anything for Keith Williams. And it doesn’t help Jarron at all.

Literally one player benefits from it and that’s Jaevin. But Jaevin can create his own shot.

I had concerns that school I love would now become irrelevant. And mark my words, no in the national media cares about UC. If we have a losing season, then expect a lot of games on ESPN+ next year as we slowly fade in obscurity while Memphis, temple, Houston, and even frickin Tulane steal our thunder

 

[cincyalum2014]

We can’t.

Valpo has a top 75 win against Toledo. Which is better then any thing we’ve done all year. They sit right around where Illinois state did in kenpom.

We’ve fell all the way to 41 in kenpom.


There is not a single game on this schedule that I feel good about. When you lose to bowling green without there best player in the 2nd half, it’s not exactly a confidence booster.


The last time mick had an offense that was this bad, it was his first 2 seasons and we are only marginally better then that.

I’m also grossed out watching Brannen’s offense. It seemingly doesn’t work on this level. Literally pass after pass around the perimeter that you hope leads to something. It’s a mid major offense. It doesn’t create open looks. It doesn’t do anything for Keith Williams. And it doesn’t help Jarron at all.

Literally one player benefits from it and that’s Jaevin. But Jaevin can create his own shot.

I had concerns that school I love would now become irrelevant. And mark my words, no in the national media cares about UC. If we have a losing season, then expect a lot of games on ESPN+ next year as we slowly fade in obscurity while Memphis, temple, Houston, and even frickin Tulane steal our thunder

Brannen doesn't realize he cant run this offense with the guys he has right now... you can not be a run and gun offense when you have guys like McNeal shooting the ball 12 times a game. Missed threes lead to easy transition buckets on the other end which happened on 4 of McNeal's missed 3's last night. Other than Jaevin the bench has Zero ability to score. It just baffles me what he is doing with Jarron.